Thread (22 messages) 22 messages, 3 authors, 2017-10-23

[PATCH 00/15] networking drivers refcount_t conversions

From: davem@davemloft.net (David Miller)
Date: 2017-10-22 01:31:43
Also in: linux-hams, linux-mediatek, linux-rdma, lkml, netdev

From: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:23:34 +0300
Note: these are the last patches related to networking that perform
conversion of refcounters from atomic_t to refcount_t.
In contrast to the core network refcounter conversions that
were merged earlier, these are much more straightforward ones.

This series, for various networking drivers, replaces atomic_t reference
counters with the new refcount_t type and API (see include/linux/refcount.h).
By doing this we prevent intentional or accidental
underflows or overflows that can led to use-after-free vulnerabilities.

The patches are fully independent and can be cherry-picked separately.
Patches are based on top of net-next.
If there are no objections to the patches, please merge them via respective trees
I've applied this entire series to net-next.  If there are any fixups or
follow-ups please send them as relative patches.

Thank you.
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